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Racist Obama Billboards: Colorado Ad Links President With Jihadists

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

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Wolf Interstate Leasing in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has put up a billboard insinuating that President Obama is somehow tied to Jihadists and the Fort Hoo...

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Terror Fears Scarier Than Guantanamo Bay Suspects in the Heartland

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Hate Crimes Against Muslims, Violence Against Muslims, Valerie Kenney, Tinley Park Illinois, Thomson Illinois Prison, Islamophobia, Fort Hood, Mark Kirk, Guantanamo Bay, Backlash, Nidal Malik Hasan, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

I'm less scared of the possibility of an armed Islamic radical coming into my life than I am about the everyday bigots.

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Is There a Fort Hood-New Haven Connection?

Aimee Liu | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Yale University, Veterans PTSD, New Haven-Connecticut, Fort Hood, Major Hasan, Psychology, Fort Hood Shootings, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Media News
Aimee Liu

Could it be that there is something about the steady exposure to stories of the horror of war that twists the psyche?

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Jason Linkins

WaPo's Cohen Suggests That Nidal Hasan Investigation Needs More McCarthyism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Media

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As facts continue to emerge about alleged Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan, reasonable people should be able to agree that serious questions need to be as...

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Congress Partially to Blame for Fort Hood Massacre

John Rosenthal | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joint Terrorism Task Force, Nidal Malik Hasan, Fort Hood, Fbi, Terrorism, Politics News
John Rosenthal

Had the FBI been allowed to know that Hasan had bought tactical weapons, there's a good chance he could have been caught before killing 13 and wounding 29.

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Valerie Kenney Charged In Hate Crime For Allegedly Yanking Headscarf Of Muslim Woman After Fort Hood Shootings

Chicago Tribune | Kim Janssen | Posted 11.18.2009 | Chicago

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A woman who allegedly yanked the headscarf of a Muslim woman in a Tinley Park supermarket two days after the Fort Hood shootings has been charged with...

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Crazy or Crafty?

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Timothy McVeigh, Clint Eastwood, General Mcchrystal, Afghanistan, Fort Hood, Khalid Mohammed, Guantanamo, Jimi-Hendrix, Gun Control, Psychology, Nidal Hasan, Obama, Fox News, Politics News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

The idealistic notion that the United States is not in perpetual conflict with Arabs and Islam, argued by President Obama in Cairo but belied by history, has been dealt a serious setback by Fort Hood.

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Good People, Bad People and the Fort Hood Shootings

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Fort Hood, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, President Obama, Gun Control, Nidal Malik Hasan, Nra, Guns, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

In 1996, after completing his official "NRA Personal Protection Course," Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was issued a permit in Virginia to carry a concealed weapon.

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Jason Linkins

Mike Mukasey's Fort Hood Jokes: Too Soon?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nidal Hasan, Video, Jim Moran, Fort Hood Shooting, Fort Hood, Mike Mukasey, Politics News

So, fill me in here: have we decided, as a culture, that now is the time to be making jokes about the Fort Hood shooting? By my reckoning, that avenu...

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Could Fort Hood Tragedy Been Avoided?

Lawrence J. Siegel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psychiatry, Nidal Malik Hasan, Fort Hood, Veterans PTSD, Ptsd, September 11th, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News
Lawrence J. Siegel

As a child psychologist, I worked with families who were affected in the aftermath of September 11. My three decades as a mental health professional did not fully prepare me for this task.

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Fort Hood Slayings Prompt Pentagon Investigation

AP | ANNE GEARAN and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Worried that the Army may have missed red flags about the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre, the Pentagon probably will ope...

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In a Chilly London November, War and Remembrance

Michael Winship | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Michael Winship

Remembrance Sunday fell just a couple of days after the horrendous shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 soldiers dead and 30 wounded, many of whom were preparing for deployment to Afghanistan.

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If This Is War, What Are We Doing?

Craig Alan Silverman | Posted 11.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Capital Punishment, Fort Hood, Ksm, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Nidal Malik Hasan, Death Penalty, September 11th, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Al Qaeda, Denver News
Craig Alan Silverman

The government's easier path toward execution is through a tribunal, and yet Holder has chosen the risky path of seeking the death penalty in New York. This is political correctness run amok.

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Learning From the Fort Hood Tragedy: Comments from an Expert on Suicide and Violence

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychiatrists, Mental Health, Major Hasan, Violence and Suicide, Prevention, Violence Prevention, Fort Hood, Psychologists, Military Personnel, Mental Health System, Ft Hood, Living News
Lisa Firestone

This misfortune points toward major flaws in our mental health system for military personnel, including the mental health of psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors treating our troops.

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Fort Hood: A Harbinger of Things to Come?

Bryant Welch | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fort Hood, Military Shootings, The Psychology of Optimism, Nidal Malik Hasan, Military Mental Health, Psychology, Martin Seligman, Positive Psychology, Ptsd, Torture, Politics News
Bryant Welch

If we can identify the real problem that caused the tragedy at Ford Hood we can possibly prevent such episodes in the future. Our troops have been through enough.

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Mayor Mike and the Imam

Len Levitt | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

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Len Levitt

Perhaps we should be relieved the feds are trying Khalid Sheikh Mohamed. If left to the locals, we might have a lapse like City Hall's invitation to a Brooklyn imam linked to the first World Trade Center attack.

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Imam Al Awlaki Says He Did Not Pressure Accused Fort Hood Gunman Nidal Hasan

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — A radical Muslim cleric with suspected links to al-Qaida considered himself a confidant of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychia...

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Fort Hood Victims Laid To Rest; Hundreds Of Mourners Turn Out

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

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KIEL, Wis. — Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners ...

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Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

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For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists...

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Fort Hood Victims' Funerals Set For Saturday

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

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KIEL, Wis. — Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners ...

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Obama Urges Congress To Put Off Fort Hood Probe, Warns Against Turning Tragedy Into "Political Theater" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

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(AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law ...

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Hasan Had Communications With Pakistan, Lawmaker Says

AP | ANGELA K. BROWN and SUZANNE GAMBOA | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

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FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers with Pa...

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Attorney says Hasan is paralyzed

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 11.13.2009 | Home

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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people in a shooting spree at Fort Hood made or accepted wire transfers wi...

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Stress, Suicide and Homicide: How Do We Help Our Veterans Cope?

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fort Hood, Mental Health, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Veterans PTSD, Ptsd, Veterans Administration, Fort Hood Shootings, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

In the aftermath of Fort Hood, too many are focusing on the religion of the alleged perpetrator, rather than on a more important issue: the lack of adequate psychosocial care for those in uniform.

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PTSD: Fort Hood Shooting Shines Spotlight

ABC News | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Illness, Fort Hood, Mental Health, Army, Troops, US Soldiers, Veterans PTSD, Crime, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Living News

Rates of PTSD, which may or may not have played a role in Hasan's case, along with traumatic brain injuries, are soaring, and are a leading cause of s...

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